Fiorelli Catalog (Undated) — Campionissimo, Milano San Remo Super, Milano San Remo, Professional Cyclocross, Cross and the Track Models, with the Victories on Fiorelli Bicycles

Fiorelli’s catalog of its racing bicycles, from the Campionissimo and the Milano San Remo models to cyclocross and track frames, with a specification table, the victories won on Fiorelli bicycles and an essay on choosing a race frame. No year is printed.

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All Fiorelli handbuilt bicycles are extremely stiff, steep, and fast. They have been designed and refined to be the most efficient racing machines available. Over 50 years of experience in the world’s most competitive racing theatres assures you of consistent, race proven quality in the entire line of Fiorelli bicycles.

| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 1/C | Model 2/C
| Campionissimo | Giro d’Italia | Tour de France | Milano San Remo Super | Milano San Remo | Pro Cross | Cross
FRAME | Handmade Columbus SL or SLX | Handmade Columbus Matrix | Handmade Columbus Matrix | Handmade Columbus Matrix Main Tubes | Handmade Columbus Aelle Main Tubes | Handmade Columbus SL or SP | Handmade Columbus Aelle Main Tubes
DROPOUTS | Campagnolo | Campagnolo | Gipiemme | Gipiemme | Gipiemme | Campagnolo | Gipiemme
CRANK | Campagnolo Super Record Engraved & Cut Out | Campagnolo Record Engraved & Cut Out | Campagnolo Triomphe | Ofmega Competition Engraved & Cut Out | Nervar Forged | Campagnolo Super Record Engraved & Cut Out | Nervar Forged
HUBS | Campagnolo Super Record | Campagnolo Gran Sport | Campagnolo Triomphe | Ofmega Mundial | Ofmega Mundial | Campagnolo Super Record | Ofmega Mundial
PEDALS | Campagnolo Super Record | Campagnolo Record | Campagnolo Triomphe | Miche Quill | Miche Quill | Campagnolo Super Record | Miche Quill
BRAKES | Campagnolo Super Record | Campagnolo Gran Sport | Campagnolo Triomphe | Modolo Corsa with Orion | Modolo Corsa | Modolo Cross | Modolo Cross
RIMS | Nisi | Ambrosio Black | Ambrosio Black | Ambrosio Black | Ambrosio | Ambrosio Super Elan Cross | Ambrosio Super Elan Cross
TIRES | Clement | Michelin HiLite Pro Slicks | Michelin HiLite Pro Slicks | Michelin HiLite Pro Slicks | Michelin 700C | Michelin HiLite Cross | Michelin HiLite Cross
DERAILLEURS | Campagnolo Super Record | Campagnolo Record | Campagnolo Triomphe | Campagnolo Triomphe | Campagnolo Triomphe | Campagnolo Rally | Campagnolo Triomphe Leisure
SEATPOST | Campagnolo Super Record Fluted & Engraved | Campagnolo Gran Sport Fluted & Engraved | Campagnolo Triomphe | 3TTT Fluted | 3TTT Fluted | Campagnolo Record Fluted & Engraved | San Marco
HEADSET | Campagnolo Super Record | Campagnolo Record | Campagnolo Triomphe | Ofmega | Ofmega | Campagnolo Record | Ofmega
SEAT | Super Royal Contour | Selle Royal | Selle Italia | Selle Italia | Selle Italia | Super Royal Contour | Selle San Marco
STEM | 3TTT Superlight Engraved | 3TTT Competition | 3TTT Competition | 3TTT Competition | 3TTT Olympic | 3TTT Superlight Engraved | 3TTT Competition
BARS | 3TTT Superlight | 3TTT Competition | 3TTT Competition | 3TTT Competition | 3TTT Olympic | 3TTT Superlight | 3TTT Competition
FREEWHEEL | Regina Oro 6 Speed | Regina Oro 6 Speed | Regina Oro 6 Speed | Regina Oro 6 Speed | Regina 6 Speed | Regina Oro 6 Speed | Regina 6 Speed
CHAIN | Regina Oro Lightened | Regina Oro | Regina Oro | Regina Oro | Sedis | Regina Oro | Sedis

FRAME SIZES 48-64 cm

Specifications may change slightly

FIORELLI
THE WORLD’S FINEST RACING BICYCLES SINCE 1932

[The Fiorelli specification table for Model 1 Campionissimo to Model 2/C Cross on the left page, facing a cover page with a black-and-white photograph of a cyclist in a Carpano jersey beside the Fiorelli logotype. The table lists frame, dropouts, crank, hubs, pedals, brakes, rims, tires, derailleurs, seatpost, headset, seat, stem, bars, freewheel and chain for seven models.]

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BICICLETTE Fiorelli

MAJOR VICTORIES ON FIORELLI BICYCLES

FAUSTO COPPI “IL CAMPIONISSIMO”
5 GIRO D’ITALIA
2 TOUR DE FRANCE
5 CHAMPIONSHIPS OF ITALY
3 CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THE WORLD

OLE’ RITTER
WORLD HOUR RECORD

JEAN ROBIC
1 TOUR DE FRANCE
1 WORLD CYCLOCROSS

BRICK SHOTTE
2 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

FERDY KUBLER
1 TOUR DE FRANCE
1 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
3 TOUR OF SWITZERLAND
5 CHAMPIONSHIPS OF SWITZERLAND

HUGO KOBLET
1 GIRO D’ITALIA
1 TOUR DE FRANCE
3 TOUR OF SWITZERLAND
1 CHAMPIONSHIP OF SWITZERLAND

Campagnolo

CAMPIONISSIMO

Campagnolo Super Record Group

Beautiful Italian Craftsmanship

Campagnolo Super Record Group, Fully Engraved

[The Campionissimo bicycle in a studio photograph on the right page, with the Campagnolo logotype above, facing the Biciclette Fiorelli page with a photograph of a cyclist in a Coppi jersey and the list of major victories on Fiorelli bicycles. Two small detail photographs show a brake and fork crown and a fully engraved crankset.]

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REGINA EXTRA CHI DI CATENE SE NE INTENDE

MILANO SAN REMO SUPER

Campagnolo, Ofmega, Modolo Equipped

Engraved, Professional Quality Crankset

Handbuilt with Columbus Matrix Main Tubes

MILANO SAN REMO

Campagnolo, Modolo, Nervar Equipped

New, Precise Campagnolo Triomphe Derailleur System

Individually Handcrafted Frame with Cut-Out Lugs

COLUMBUS

[The Milano San Remo Super bicycle on the left page and the Milano San Remo bicycle on the right page, each in a studio photograph with two detail photographs, under a Regina Extra advertisement and above the Columbus logotype. The detail photographs show a crankset, frame joints, a rear derailleur and a cut-out lug.]

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PROFESSIONAL CYCLOCROSS

Campagnolo Super Record Cyclocross Group

CROSS

The Ultimate Weapon for Mountain Bike Racing

CAMPIONISSIMO TRACK

Campagnolo Track Group, Columbus PL Tubing Available in Sprint or Pursuit Models

MILANO TRACK

Gipiemme Professional Track Group, Columbus Matrix Tubing

[The Professional Cyclocross and Cross bicycles on the left page and the Campionissimo Track and Milano Track bicycles on the right page, each in a studio photograph with its caption.]

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Fiorelli

Signore Fiorelli still personally oversees production of all Fiorelli frames. Notice that the Milano San Remo pictured is individually hand brazed on a jig, just as all Fiorelli frames have been since the days of the great champion Fausto Coppi. This vast experience in building beautiful, fast frames prompted Bicycling Magazine to write “Built one at a time, with quality touches such as brake bridge lugs and fork tang reinforcements. The Milano San Remo is a jewel among the ranks of similar priced, mass-produced bikes.”

World Hour Record Man Ole Ritter tries a different style of transportation at the Fiorelli Factory. Fiorelli Bicycles have twice been ridden to new Hour Records, first by Fausto Coppi in 1942, and again by Ole Ritter in 1968.

Tips on Race Frame Shopping

If you’re shopping for a racing frame, you’re interested in finding the most efficient frame possible. All the power you put into the pedals should go to the rear wheel, and not be wasted in side to side flex. It isn’t difficult to design a frame that will do this well, and many companies have done so, including Fiorelli.

The problem is that it’s counter productive to ride a frame that’s so stiff that it becomes abusive to the rider in long races. It takes a lot of energy to withstand the pounding of a rough road, and that energy should be saved for the pedals on the last big hill or the final sprint to the line. For example, formula car racing drivers (who frequently train by bicycle riding) are in excellent physical condition, and yet they’re exhausted after a race. Since the cars are very lightweight and steer easily, the calories expended to control the vehicle are minimal, but the beating the drivers take from the extremely stiff suspension wears them out.

It’s clear then that the object in racing bicycle frame design is to design a frame that is not just efficient, but also rideable. Add to this the further requirements that a proper racing frame must have precise, neutral handling and good straight line stability, and one is presented with a formidable engineering problem.

There are some new arrivals on the bicycle scene that would have you believe that their computer’s program, engineer’s calculations, and space age materials can beat these problems overnight with technology. The validity of this argument is demonstrated by the Chernoble nuclear plant.

The truth is that in frame design there is no substitute for years of hard work by engineers, craftsmen, and top professional riders. Fiorelli Bicycles have a rich background of 50 years of refinement in their design.

All Fiorelli frames are precisely mitered and jig brazed, one at a time, by one man from start to finish. The average Fiorelli builder has 18 years of framebuilding experience as evidenced by their beautiful intricate work on the cut-out lugs. This attention to mitering and lug work detail ensures that the frame will have a long competition life.

The purpose of cut-outs in the lugs of a frame is to provide a window for the builder to monitor the flow of the brazing throughout the joint. Several bicycle companies have chosen to fake the cut-outs in their lugs, and in some instances, to fake the lugs and do no mitering whatsoever. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but from the consumer’s point of view, possibly not appreciated.

Besides the careful workmanship, Fiorelli frames are beautifully engineered for racing purposes.

First, the side to side flex of the frame is minimized by the use of oversized, oval section chainstays, which are the primary power transmitter from the crankset to the rear wheel. These chainstays are made even more efficient by keeping them as short as possible.

Seatstays are in a completely different situation. The seatstays are load bearing on touring bikes, and therefore necessarily large, but on racers exist mainly to keep the rear wheel from collapsing into the seat. Consequently, the up and down road shock which is so tiring in long competition can be minimized by using light, flexible seatstays as developed by Fiorelli engineers on the rough roads of Europe. Other companies have tried to accomodate this problem of road shock by simply laying back the seat tube, from the Fiorelli’s 75° to a more relaxed 73° or 74°. The problem here is that a softer seat angle not only doesn’t do much for ride stiffness, but it also requires longer chainstays, which again is terrible for a racing frame.

Other Fiorelli design advantages include fork stiffeners for better stability in sprints and descents, and a low bottom bracket which provides a reduced frontal area for better aerodynamics in time trialing.

Fiorelli bicycles are literally world famous for their performance, and this reputation has been hard earned in the most difficult theatres of professional competition over the last fifty years. The three Fiorelli brothers are engineers and craftsmen, and together with the great Italian rider Fausto Coppi, they designed and refined the Fiorelli frame into the finest high performance bicycle currently available. But after all, when you’re planning to make the considerable investment required for a professional quality bicycle, you want the manufacturer to take every possible precaution to insure that the bicycle genuinely will perform to world class standards.

[The Fiorelli logotype above two black-and-white photographs with captions, one of a framebuilder holding a frame on a jig beside a second man and one of a group of people with bicycles in a workshop, facing a full page of text headed Tips on Race Frame Shopping.]